Birra Moretti

Yesterday, I read a fascinating comparison between the ocean liner Queen Mary and the airship Hindenburg as two means of crossing the Atlantic in the 1930’s. One thing that surprised me was how connected the people aboard were, with the Queen Mary having phones that could put you in contact with any phone number worldwide. In today’s world with inflight-wifi and whatnot, that is of course not that impressive but still.

With Anna being downtown in Newcastle with her phone forgotten here at the hotel, I am in somewhat of a mid-Atlantic waiting limbo as I order a post-run Birra Moretti in the hotel bar. It is funny how dependent we have become on these gadgets. Luckily, I have stocked up on both Emily Henry's "People We Meet on Vacation" and Friedrich Nietszche’s “Menschliches, Allzumenschliches: Ein Buch für freie Geister” so I am not particularly worried about my fate, or should I be?